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voters trust the president, romney 44%. martha: early voting by mail is already underway in two dozen states. this is not lost on the campaigns, i assure you and in places ike idaho and south dakota folks can even vote early in person. one-third of americans are expected to take advantage of early voting. a lot of seniors tend to like to vote early as well and that may be a factor for all that early voting. bill: one of the big questions in the campaign, governor romney releasing his 2011 tax return a summary of what he paid in taxes over the last two decades. who can forget the democratic lead tere taking the floor saying he had a good source saying the governor had not paid any taxes for a decade. goes governor reid owe governor romney an apology? do you think that apology is coming in. >> i think it's irrelevant. harry reid if he's watching us right now is dancing a gig that we are still discussing his attack. i don't think there was every any doubt that his attack was probably not rooted in fact, probably not rooted in
voters trust the president, romney 44%. martha: early voting by mail is already underway in two dozen states. this is not lost on the campaigns, i assure you and in places ike idaho and south dakota folks can even vote early in person. one-third of americans are expected to take advantage of early voting. a lot of seniors tend to like to vote early as well and that may be a factor for all that early voting. bill: one of the big questions in the campaign, governor romney releasing his 2011 tax...
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romney, it's not -- of course it's not insurmountable, but the pressure's on romney to win. >> so romney has a challenge on his hands for sure. mark halperin, leading into the debates, how, then, do you coax, cajole information out of these candidates given the scenario that chuck just laid out that actually gives you something that you can make a decision on as a voter? >> well, i think the big question for romney is performance. look at what he did on "60 minutes." he talked on the plane last night to his press corps. he's still giving the same kinds of answers, the same specificity and lack of specificity, the same failure to drive a message to put the president on the defensive. if you're a candidate behind and you have that long "60 minutes" interview where you make the choice to talk to your press corps, you've got to drive something that dominates the news rather than the same old questions about low level of performance, same questions about lack of specificity, same questions about why are you behind in all the battleground states? i don't think he did that in either of those tw
romney, it's not -- of course it's not insurmountable, but the pressure's on romney to win. >> so romney has a challenge on his hands for sure. mark halperin, leading into the debates, how, then, do you coax, cajole information out of these candidates given the scenario that chuck just laid out that actually gives you something that you can make a decision on as a voter? >> well, i think the big question for romney is performance. look at what he did on "60 minutes." he...
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mitt romney is mixing up a whole bunch of ideas. the 47% who do not pay income tax which is a result of reagan, bush, and it bush jr. tax policies. half the population has no stake in income tax rate. it is a huge issue but not the way you want to talk about it. there is this culture of dependency which the obama administration is increasing in changing the welfare to work requirements. that is an issue. this way, he has an argument but he has to work his way out of a paper bag first. >> a couple of polls this week. nbc wall street journal poll. obama does not do well with foreign policy. what do these numbers tell you? >> there is a 19% one where obama will help the middle class more than mitt romney. that is a huge gap exacerbated by the 47%. mitt romney can get the conversation back to the economy and maybe can be more specific. but what he has to do is have a personality transplant said the middle class can identify with him. >> here is a number that would scare me. 43% now agree that each would do equally well on the economy. >
mitt romney is mixing up a whole bunch of ideas. the 47% who do not pay income tax which is a result of reagan, bush, and it bush jr. tax policies. half the population has no stake in income tax rate. it is a huge issue but not the way you want to talk about it. there is this culture of dependency which the obama administration is increasing in changing the welfare to work requirements. that is an issue. this way, he has an argument but he has to work his way out of a paper bag first. >>...
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chris: is romney the sacrifice? >> there was a grit bit of clint eastwood has created an imaginary president who is a radical muslim socialist. now mitt romney has created an imaginary electorate. chris: you wrote about it. >> where 47% are moochers. this is a part that has lost touch with reality. i think that the interesting question going back to what bob was saying before is what happened if romney loses. obama is going to be in a position to make a deal. he is going to be in the second term. he is playing for history. >> one of the biggest problems is that it does not look like there will be enough of that decisive victory to give either side a real upper hand. you will see more of this gridlock confrontation. what could change that if there is enough public pressure that it can't go on yet for another term. if there is some greater call that this fiscal crisis is so i am meant that they get their act together. there is a lot of discussion about that. chris: you write better than anybody about the problem of ge
chris: is romney the sacrifice? >> there was a grit bit of clint eastwood has created an imaginary president who is a radical muslim socialist. now mitt romney has created an imaginary electorate. chris: you wrote about it. >> where 47% are moochers. this is a part that has lost touch with reality. i think that the interesting question going back to what bob was saying before is what happened if romney loses. obama is going to be in a position to make a deal. he is going to be in...
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if romney could win, i know it will be close. i hope that romney wins. if this man gets in for four more years, will become a communist nation. host: that is what do thinjudith thinks. let's go to eddie. we're listening, eddie. caller: i am from tennessee. i want to know why he cannot put out his money? he is making the money over here. why can we have the money brought to hear at him pay his taxes like everybody else? if romney goes in, we're going to be in depression like we ones was. do people want the? at? i have grandchildren and they need help. if he goes in, we will not be getting nothing. and even a check for the -- from the social security office. host: who do you think wins in november? caller: i am going to go for obama. host: jonathan salant? guest: we are talking about whether obama is a socialist which has been discredited by many reports and whether romney is holding all his money and not paying taxes. those issues detract from the economy. the issue is real estate -- location, location, location. romney is helping to make this a referendu
if romney could win, i know it will be close. i hope that romney wins. if this man gets in for four more years, will become a communist nation. host: that is what do thinjudith thinks. let's go to eddie. we're listening, eddie. caller: i am from tennessee. i want to know why he cannot put out his money? he is making the money over here. why can we have the money brought to hear at him pay his taxes like everybody else? if romney goes in, we're going to be in depression like we ones was. do...
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mitt romney but i want to talk about this notorious video of mitt romney telling a crowd of wealthy donors in florida that he does not worry about the 47% of americans who are "dependent on government and see themselves as victims." comments have received less attention, romney has also heard on the original tape joking to his audience that he would have a better chance this election had been born a latino. >> my dad was the governor of michigan, but born in mexico. had he been born of mexican parents, i would have a better shot of winning this. [laughter] [indiscernible] >> the significance of this secret tape that was made and mitt romney speaking to these wealthy donors in florida, jeff biggers? >> once again, here's the truth romney coming out, a man who is -- openly was the first presidential candidate to embrace 1070. his informal advisor was a secretary of state from kansas who shaped the bill with russell pearce and arizona. romney has been in lockstep with arizona at every step of the way from the beginning. at the same time they realize in 15 states of the swing states, the have
mitt romney but i want to talk about this notorious video of mitt romney telling a crowd of wealthy donors in florida that he does not worry about the 47% of americans who are "dependent on government and see themselves as victims." comments have received less attention, romney has also heard on the original tape joking to his audience that he would have a better chance this election had been born a latino. >> my dad was the governor of michigan, but born in mexico. had he been...
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that is the intermit ronnie gave a more the divide -- amid romney give -- mitt romney aide to where the device is. this is going to raise taxes on the middle class. it is entertaining to watch the romney campaign react to the tax policy center study. the first thing they did it save the city left out economic growth. it turned out that they used one of his own advisers. there's no way for him to pay for his tax plan. then they put kevin on a conference call. they said this would raise gdp by 1%. there's an $86 billion hole, even if you get rid of all the .ax expenditures there is $86 billion hole. this get to about $32 billion. even when you incorporate economic growth you have a problem. they point out that it did not work. they both of the studies that were supposedly supporting romney's plan. those proposals showed they had to raise taxes all the way down to $100,000. a hundred% down to pay for ronnie's plan. the numbers do not add up. >> i guess i get to respond to that. >> 13 words or less. >> first of all, i have to say that the tax policy plan is the most partisan thing that has
that is the intermit ronnie gave a more the divide -- amid romney give -- mitt romney aide to where the device is. this is going to raise taxes on the middle class. it is entertaining to watch the romney campaign react to the tax policy center study. the first thing they did it save the city left out economic growth. it turned out that they used one of his own advisers. there's no way for him to pay for his tax plan. then they put kevin on a conference call. they said this would raise gdp by...
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romney has a tougher map. he starts with a bit of a deficit, if you count the states that he can certainly count on. wisconsin is another important state to look at. that was one state that obama won in 2008 where romney thought he could make inroads. picked paul ryan. the polls tightened. now the polls have gotten wider there. >> john, based on your reporting, what do you sense mitt romney is going to do differently or is it stay on the same track? >> well, this is the great question with mitt romney. it's been several months where they've various different times said we're going to get more specific. but if you listen to him on the stump, all he has done so far really is just assert his plans over again. well, that hasn't done it so far. so the question is, what's he going to do? it could just be that some people are just tuning in now. maybe when they hear his programs for the first time, people find that perfectly attractive. but there has been a months long question about whether he can do something more
romney has a tougher map. he starts with a bit of a deficit, if you count the states that he can certainly count on. wisconsin is another important state to look at. that was one state that obama won in 2008 where romney thought he could make inroads. picked paul ryan. the polls tightened. now the polls have gotten wider there. >> john, based on your reporting, what do you sense mitt romney is going to do differently or is it stay on the same track? >> well, this is the great...
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romney has a tougher map. he starts with a little bit of a deficit if you count the states that he can count on and wisconsin is another important state to look at. that was one state that obama won in 2008 where romney thought he could make inroads. picked paul ryan. the polls tighten. now the polls have gotten wider there. >> based on your reporting what do you sense mitt romney will do differently or stay on the' track? >> this is a great question. it's been several months where at various times they said we'll get more specific. if you listen to him on the stump all he's done so far is assert his plans over again. that hasn't done it so far. so the question is what's he going to do -- it could just be some people are tuning in now and maybe when they hear his programs for the first time people find that attractive. but there's been a month's long question about whether he can do something more to sell his program for the future that actually connects with people. >> that's the big question still. >> this w
romney has a tougher map. he starts with a little bit of a deficit if you count the states that he can count on and wisconsin is another important state to look at. that was one state that obama won in 2008 where romney thought he could make inroads. picked paul ryan. the polls tighten. now the polls have gotten wider there. >> based on your reporting what do you sense mitt romney will do differently or stay on the' track? >> this is a great question. it's been several months where...
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we're seeing tremendous cash flow growth and i think we will continue to see that. >> mitt romney and president obama sat down with cbs' 60 minutes in separate interviews. romney criticized president obama for res fusing to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the exact opposite approach is what's necessary. president obama described israel as one of our closest allies in the region and joining us now is fred hopper, chairman and president of the export import bank of the united states. fred, great to see you again. good morning. >> good morning. >> how concerned should we be about the situation in israel, the situation in iran and the rhetoric we're hearing from both sides over the middle east? >> the tragedy last week was a terrible tragedy, and president obama and all of us condemned the violence we saw in the mideast. so i think that's very clear. >> how concerned are you about the situation? this isn't just an issue of how the president is handling. and its and he really on the ground a case of whether these two nations are increasingly in a war of words at
we're seeing tremendous cash flow growth and i think we will continue to see that. >> mitt romney and president obama sat down with cbs' 60 minutes in separate interviews. romney criticized president obama for res fusing to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the exact opposite approach is what's necessary. president obama described israel as one of our closest allies in the region and joining us now is fred hopper, chairman and president of the export import bank...
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then ann romney campaigns in milwaukee at 11:00 p.m., "q&a" with former t.a.r.p. inspector general neil barofsky. tomorrow mexican presidential philippe calderon discuss u.s. and mexican relation. live coverage begins 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. missouri senator claire mccaskill and congressman todd akin participated in a televised debate friday. they rate this race as likely democratic. also participating in the debate, third party libertarian candidate jonathan dine. this one hour debate is hosted by the missouri press association. >> thank you phil and welcome again to the missouri press association debates. let me introduce to you today our candidates, we have to my left, republican congressman todd akin. in the middle, democratic senator claire mccaskill. at the end, libertarian candidate jonathan dine. let me also introduce to you today our panel of journalist who will be joining me and asking questions today of the candidates. we have a student at the university of missouri, we have bill miller of the washington missourian and jeff fox of the independent
then ann romney campaigns in milwaukee at 11:00 p.m., "q&a" with former t.a.r.p. inspector general neil barofsky. tomorrow mexican presidential philippe calderon discuss u.s. and mexican relation. live coverage begins 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. missouri senator claire mccaskill and congressman todd akin participated in a televised debate friday. they rate this race as likely democratic. also participating in the debate, third party libertarian candidate jonathan dine. this one...
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and mitt romney can certainly afford to pay a little more. [cheers and applause] and, and the reason i want to do it is because, when you give tax breaks to middle-class there was, what do they do? what you do when you have a little more money in your pocket? you spend it. so maybe trade in the old 10 year old car. maybe you buy a computer for your kid. and that means business has more customers, which means companies have more profits, which means that they hire more people. and then the whole economy gets stronger. we don't build the economy from the top down. we built from the bottom up, from the middle out. that's what we are fighting for. [cheers and applause] now, i've got to say in fairness -- >> we love you. >> i love you back. [cheers and applause] that's why i want to make sure you've got a good deficit reduction plan. [laughter] look, my opponents, they've got a plan, too. the problem is, like bill clinton said, there is no arithmetic in it. somehow they think that they can spend trillions of dollars more on tax cuts for the wealth
and mitt romney can certainly afford to pay a little more. [cheers and applause] and, and the reason i want to do it is because, when you give tax breaks to middle-class there was, what do they do? what you do when you have a little more money in your pocket? you spend it. so maybe trade in the old 10 year old car. maybe you buy a computer for your kid. and that means business has more customers, which means companies have more profits, which means that they hire more people. and then the whole...
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under the romney-ryan plan, the changes they are advocating what happened in 10 years from now. i am sorry, but that is not good enough. we cannot sit iran and we 10 years before we make important decisions -- sit around and wait tenet years before we make important decisions. there is some criticism appear on the dais today about how these plans will be reduced and the impact it will have on medicare advantage plans, but would it -- once the plants -- to begin with in 2003 and passed in 2004 as part of the medicare modernization act and the new prescription drug plan? is that right? is that replants came from? >> yes. there was a predecessor program referred to as the risk program, which went back to the 1980's. the program built upon that. >> do you recall sitting here today whether that legislation passed that also called for a higher reimbursement levels for ma plans, whether any of that was paid for in the 2004 bill? >> i do not. >> the answer, and i think everybody on the dais understands, it was not. was a major piece of legislation, the largest expansion of entitlement s
under the romney-ryan plan, the changes they are advocating what happened in 10 years from now. i am sorry, but that is not good enough. we cannot sit iran and we 10 years before we make important decisions -- sit around and wait tenet years before we make important decisions. there is some criticism appear on the dais today about how these plans will be reduced and the impact it will have on medicare advantage plans, but would it -- once the plants -- to begin with in 2003 and passed in 2004...
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>> would you disagree with governor romney on this point? >> i have my own point of view, and my point of view is the people of america still believe in the american dream, and our responsibility as leaders and public servants is to make sure this is a country where everyone has that equal opportunity to compete and succeed and pursue their dreams. so the way i look at it, and i'll expand on it later this our debate, i suppose, but i think you look at the records. who has created more opportunities? i mentioned welfare reform. those were folks who were down and out and temporarily needed help, and we want to help folks who are able-minded and able-bodied, even folks who are disabled want to work. i think that's one of the great characteristics after owl americans. they -- all americans. they want a government that gives them the opportunity to reach their aspirations -- >> governor, take a moment for rebuttal here a minute. >> i don't think the question of whether governor romney's statements are, you agree with them or disagree with them is
>> would you disagree with governor romney on this point? >> i have my own point of view, and my point of view is the people of america still believe in the american dream, and our responsibility as leaders and public servants is to make sure this is a country where everyone has that equal opportunity to compete and succeed and pursue their dreams. so the way i look at it, and i'll expand on it later this our debate, i suppose, but i think you look at the records. who has created...